The Crucifixion
1494
oil
panel
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
1494
oil
panel
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
The Crucifixion is a 1494 oil by Austrian, a Northern Renaissance work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
The painting shows a crucifixion scene. It's an oil on panel work from 1494. This work is interesting because it was made during a time when oil painting was still a relatively new technique, and it shows a level of skill and detail that was impressive for its time. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique: glazing.
Count Johann Nepomuk Wilczek (died 1922), Burg Kreuzenstein, near Vienna [according to letter from Otto Benesch to Charles Worcester, April 13, 1938, in the curatorial file; what appears to be an inventory number (No. 30684) stamped three times on the back could not be linked with records at Burg Kreuzenstein]. E. and A. Silberman Galleries, Vienna and New York, by 1934 [according to the registrar’s receipt, October 15, 1934, the painting was shipped by E. and A. Silberman of 32 East 57th Street, New York]; sold to Charles H. Worcester, 1934; given to the Art Institute, 1947.
Art Institute of Chicago, The Art of the Edge: European Frames, 1300–1900, Oct. 17-Dec. 14, 1986, no. 33. Atlanta, High Museum of Art, Reuniting Two Works, September 5, 2015-January 1, 2017, no cat.
Charles L. Kuhn, A Catalogue of German Paintings of the Middle Ages and Renaissance in American Collections, Cambridge, Mass., 1936, p. 74, no. 322. Daniel Catton Rich, ed., Catalogue of the Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection of Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings, Chicago, 1938, pp. 36–37, no. 31, pl. 23. Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection, Chicago, 1961, p. 16.
Read the full account in the museum source.
She wore a nun’s habit and spent nights painting by candlelight, turning religious scenes into something raw and human.
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